Cunningham Civil & Marine (CCM) has successfully completed a dump at sea dredge to -10m CD at Dublin Port. The area to be dredged during this dredging campaign was entirely within the Loading Area required for the creation of two new riverside berths, Berth 52 and Berth 53 in Dublin Harbour. Around
Van Oord has completed the largest beach restoration in Spain’s history, restoring the beaches south of the city of Valencia to their original size. The beaches have been slowly eroding since 1965. The Spanish government contracted the joint venture of Van Oord subsidiary Dravo S.A. and Rover Mariti
Royal IHC hosted Young Boskalis and Young Van Oord at their shipyard in Kinderdijk earlier this week. The program included an extensive tour around the Beagle and a look at the Beavers in water next to the shipbuilding hall. Teams also visited the Training Institute where they experienced what it is
Baars BV is playing an important role in the expansion project of the Port of La Rochelle, led by SDI. “With our versatile backhoe pontoon, the Titaan, we deepen maritime accesses by dredging and excavating rocks. Together with partners such as Van Tunen, we ensure efficient dredging, contributing t
The Port of Rotterdam said that they aim to be a pioneer in the energy transition and to drive greater sustainability in the port at a faster pace. “Together with ZEDhub and Boskalis, we recently carried out a hydrogen-powered dredging pilot,” Port of Rotterdam said. This involved using hydrogen to
The last decade witnessed an increasing level of attention to sustainability and sustainable development across all sectors all over the world, including the dredging industry. Also, the dredging industry has vital roles in the global sustainability transition and the dredging community has to work
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway in February this year. In March, the Boskalis’ TSHD Strandway underwent a 2.5-week drydocking project at the Damen Harlingen shipyard. Throughout the project, overseen by the V.H.F.R. Group, t
The Port of Turku, Finland, is gearing up for the next dredging campaign during which the fairway will be improved all the way to the tip of the Ruissalo Island. As reported by the Port of Turku, the dredging of the port fairways, including the Pansio fairway and the inner harbour, will commence whe
Working on behalf of Louth County Council and together with Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP, O’Connor Sutton Cronin is undertaking the design, tender and supervision of maintenance dredging at the Annagassan Harbour, Ireland. The harbour comprises an approach channel, quay walls, vessel berths, slip
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for the construction of a medium class hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “We’re very pleased to be working with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build a highly automated, state-of-the-art hopper dredger tha
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new q
Port of Aberdeen is a step closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2. The significant upgrade involves a capital dredge project to deepen 750m of quayside to -14.5m chart datum, providing suitable depth for t
The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant in Turkmenistan will begin assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter suction dredger (CSD) in the following days. The assembly of the new CSD is carried out by an order of the Söwda Gurluşyk Maslahat enterprise, said the Agency of Maritime and River Transport of Turk
